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NGC 4565
(also known as the Needle Galaxy) is an edge-on
spiral galaxy
about 30 to 50 million
light-years
away in the
constellation
Coma Berenices
. NGC 4565 is a giant spiral galaxy more luminous than the
Andromeda Galaxy
, and has a population of roughly 240 globular clusters, more than the
Milky Way
.
Photograph:
Ken Crawford
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